I think that homebrew is gr8, i know that sony is probably thinking "if we allow homebrew then loads of people will complain if they manage to run a PSP virus or something"

I think that Sony is really making a mistake, as I want freedom from what I buy, I don't want to be told what I can and cannot run on my PSP, so what if I run some old games? Sure, crack down on guys who are playing PSP ISOs, but not guys who just want a portable way of playing Sonic 2...

lol, illegal machine, say that to adoption and pets.

buying a product also means you're taking a responsibility of using it with care.
why else would they void the warranty.

I bet you'll say something like "more worth it"
or something, but it's your own opinion, and you don't have to scream it out to others just coz they have different view:D

Still waiting for FW 3.0...

– You can now download video data that supports copyright protection using the [Internet Browser].

– WMA has been added as a codec that can be played under [Music]. (This applies to music data saved on your Memory Stick.) Note: You must adjust a system setting to enable playback of WMA format music data. A connection to the internet is required to adjust the setting.


Doesn't anybody get it? Sony is trying to lock up the PSP even tighter. As if putting spyware on music CDs wasn't enough, now they're tightening up what you can watch on the PSP. Don't be too surprised if an upgrade comes out in the near future that doesn't let you play videos or music that you've encoded yourself.

This would really be Sony biting the hand that feeds them. While the popularity of homebrew is nowhere near enough to really make a difference in PSP sales, the ability to play video and music really is important to almost every PSP owner out there. If Sony decides to do like Apple and restrict the media you can use to only "protected" content (as in you pay Sony for it) then the end of the PSP will not be far behind.

i MIGHT have upgraded my 2.0, but wiht the new GTA cheat thing that needs 2.0, I wont cuz i wanna see where it goes. the WMA music support is definately the standout feature for this version. now juts give us flash support and Ill upgrade!

im with raiderX

its realy has nothing good so try harder sony

where Fkash and java?

RaiderX and others you all are kind of right but not really but remeber 1.51 and 1.52 they wherer never cracked but then 2.0 was so mabye if they have some really good stuff to release ( browser was 2.00) thenthey will nomatter if we crack it or not

I have a psp and I dont use homebrew. I am not the "norm" psp user since I am a girl. The PSP does tons of other great things other than playing stupid old games! I enjoy 2.0, and would upgrade when there are more features cool enough to do so. I am sure there are tons of people who own psps who are not 10 years old like most of you guys and actually use it to do things other than play outdated games.

What cheap bastard would pirate?
Me.
Yes, I have a job. I get $6.75 per f*%^ing hour. I can't afford to buy a bunch of $50 games. I'll ask for them for Christmas.

This stuff is overpriced and we all know it.

everybody needs to chill out. sony isnt forcing anyone to upgrade, but i think its cool that they are really working on improvements for it. Just because you dont like the upgrade, dont go crazy sony isnt putting a gun to your head and forcing you, and Protected video is obviously to compete with ipod video and itunes video store, so sony isnt trying to control what you watch, this is just the groundwork for some huge business plan. I also think that its cool that tthe consumers and hackers push Sony to do thing with the PSP they hadnt thought of before. Sony realizes no one is going to fall for a 2.01 anymore which has no real upgrades, and they realize they have to add features to grab users attention. i upgraded one of my psps to 2.6 and while RSS feature is nice touch, it is very unuseful. It looks like you can only use it with like podcasts and you have to be on internet to use it, kind of defeating the whole purpose of having portable rss. I think by FW 3.00 we will maybe see music and video store which is really cool, It would also be cool to have like AIM messenger where new messages pop up like if your browsing web or playing game kind of like xbox live. It would also be cool if sony added java, flash, and way to listen to music while browsign web. As long as teh hombrew scene keeps hacking, Sony is going to keep working harder.

so most psp owners either run homebrew or are ****s who pirate games?



great insight.

i have two psps...one for old homebrew games and one for net and regular games.

i'm against pirating...what cheap bastard would pirate...just retarded...do you even have a job?

OK. What? 2.50 didn't have volume control for the LocationFree player? Are you serious? Is Sony REALLY that blockheaded?

Also... WTF? Connection to the internet required to change WMA playability settings?

2.50 is supposedly hacked but currently no downgrader is released for it. I highly suggest for people not to update to 2.60 if you have a 2.50 psp because there is still hope for people to downgrade from that version. And ofcourse if you have 2.0 or under then never update ;)

Cool RSS. Too bad I'm still not updating from my lovely 1.5

wuts RSS, wut does it do?

omg, Sony adding wma-support? that's like msoft adding firefox to w*ndows

For fraseybobo...

Actually I would be surprised if homebrew and ISO loaders count for more then 2% of the PSP's users.

Sony is just trying to protect their investment; I could see calling people morons and dumbasses for upgrading if all the updates did were patch security holes. But they do a few more things then just that, fact is the homebrew that is out is lame at best. And the only games that I actually want to play on the PSP I bought.

RSS, AVC video, MP4 audio, a portable web browser that’s stuff I (as well as a good majority of people who bought the PSP) want in a system... When I want to play Mario Brothers I will fire up on Xbox that's hooked up to my nice 57 inch 1080i HDTV and play it on there, were homebrew is actually worthwhile.

They should in fact add rip+run functionality to the PSP themselves.

Hey lets start up a game fly account, or buy games then return them! Yes It sounds like a brillant idea....you dumbass.